iX wheel thread

[EyExR]

Agreed. Too narrow.

[nando]

Yeah, 6" wide? WTF?

That car is rather low. You had a camber/toe kit on the rear subframe?

No, just RWD subframe bushings. Rear camber has never been much of a problem.

[EyExR]

here's the ix weaves with 15mm spacers - this is only with 195/60R15 tires, a 205/55 or 225/50 would look better:


I think a 225/50 should fit the stock wheels just fine but only with spacers, otherwise it will rub the struts.

a quality stud kit is highly recommended BTW.

What stud kit are you using in this pic? I'd like to keep my center caps on like you have. I'm told by Ryan at Motorsport Hardware that only the 12 mm spacer with 57 mm studs will fit...

[nando]

I think I have 75mm bulletnose studs (from VAC maybe? it's been a decade..). I think 57mm would be too short with a spacer, but I dunno.

[EyExR]

Ok. Thanks.

Guess I could just order 1 stud, spacer and nut to test...

[nando]

I'd measure but my ix is under a cover and I'd have to take off a wheel. :p

[Kershaw]

You can just stack washers for test fit. Measure the stack with calipers. Get the fitment you want, then order the right spacers.

[EyExR]

Good idea! Thanks.

[fresh_TD]

If you have wheel studs on your car, you can just run washers and not have to buy spacers. I've been running washers on one of my e30s for years now, no issues at all.

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[kronus]

lol

[EyExR]

Sounds like a recipe for disaster. :blowup::p

[fresh_TD]

How so? Our very own nando, rolls the same way for yrs.

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[fresh_TD]

Washers, spacers. It's all the same concept. One of my e30s is running washers, for years. Long road trips, etc. Nothing is going to blow up.

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[The Dark Side of Will]

Depends on whether the washers/spacers are thick enough to disengage the wheel bore from the wheel pilot on the hub.

[nando]

I don't have washers for spacers - but my ix has had non- hubcentric wheels for the last 10 years. With quality studs and careful wheel torquing (off the ground, unloaded) - it's not an issue at all.